Strong G4799σύγχυσις
confusion
- Transliteration
- sugchusis
- Pronunciation
- soong'-khoo-sis
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G4797; commixture that is (figuratively) riotous disturbance: - confusion.
Detailed definition
σύγχυσις, -εως, ἡ
(συγχέω), [in LXX: Gen.11:9 (בָּבֶל), 1Ki.5:6 5:12(11) 1Ki.14:20 (מְהוּמָה) *;]
confusion: of a popular uproar, Act.19:29.†
(AS)
(συγχέω), [in LXX: Gen.11:9 (בָּבֶל), 1Ki.5:6 5:12(11) 1Ki.14:20 (מְהוּמָה) *;]
confusion: of a popular uproar, Act.19:29.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4799 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- confusion1
First verses
- Acts 19:29And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
σύγ-χῠσις, εως, ἡ,
(συγχέω) mixture, confusion, confounding, ἡ τῶν ἄλλων (variant{ὅλων}) σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 6.3.1)]; of Babel, [LXX+2nd c.BC+ (LXX.Gen.11.9; σ. ποιήσασθαι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.22.7)]; σ. λαβεῖν to be commingled, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.990a; σ. ὅρων [prev. work]122c;)] ς. litterularum, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 6.9.1)]; political confusion, σ. τῆς πολιτείας[Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 7.8.4, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 14.5.8.)]
b formation of a compound, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.153, +others)]
2 confusion, ruin, βίου, δόμων, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 291 (Lyric poetry), 959; σ. τοῦ κατὰ φύσιν ἡ νόσος 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 5.8.1)]; σ. θανάτου μεγάλη 'indiscriminate mortality' [LXX+4th c.BC+ (LXX.1Ki.5.6; σ. λήψεται 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 300.)]
3 Grammars, of composition, confusion, indistinctness, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 12.15, “Synt.” 24.18)]; opposed to εὐκρίνεια, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ ἰδεῶν” 1.4.)]
4 an injury to the eye, syncopated hysis, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.12, “Eup.” 1.33, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 14.776, 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 7.58.)]
II of persons, confusion, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 35)]; σ. ἔχοντες confounded, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1128; σ. ὀμματίων “Anthologia Graeca” 5.129 (1st c.AD(?): Maecius Epigrammaticus).)]
III of contracts and the like, violation, τῶν σπονδῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.146, 5.26; νόμων 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.114 (_plural_); σ. ὁρκίων 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 14)]; τὴν τῶν ὅρκων καὶ σπονδῶν σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 379e.)]
III.2 confusion, [NT+2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 684.7 (Dyme, 2nd c.BC), NT.Act.19.29.)]
(συγχέω) mixture, confusion, confounding, ἡ τῶν ἄλλων (variant{ὅλων}) σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 6.3.1)]; of Babel, [LXX+2nd c.BC+ (LXX.Gen.11.9; σ. ποιήσασθαι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.22.7)]; σ. λαβεῖν to be commingled, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.990a; σ. ὅρων [prev. work]122c;)] ς. litterularum, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 6.9.1)]; political confusion, σ. τῆς πολιτείας[Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 7.8.4, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 14.5.8.)]
b formation of a compound, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.153, +others)]
2 confusion, ruin, βίου, δόμων, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 291 (Lyric poetry), 959; σ. τοῦ κατὰ φύσιν ἡ νόσος 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 5.8.1)]; σ. θανάτου μεγάλη 'indiscriminate mortality' [LXX+4th c.BC+ (LXX.1Ki.5.6; σ. λήψεται 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 300.)]
3 Grammars, of composition, confusion, indistinctness, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 12.15, “Synt.” 24.18)]; opposed to εὐκρίνεια, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ ἰδεῶν” 1.4.)]
4 an injury to the eye, syncopated hysis, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.12, “Eup.” 1.33, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 14.776, 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 7.58.)]
II of persons, confusion, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 35)]; σ. ἔχοντες confounded, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1128; σ. ὀμματίων “Anthologia Graeca” 5.129 (1st c.AD(?): Maecius Epigrammaticus).)]
III of contracts and the like, violation, τῶν σπονδῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.146, 5.26; νόμων 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.114 (_plural_); σ. ὁρκίων 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 14)]; τὴν τῶν ὅρκων καὶ σπονδῶν σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 379e.)]
III.2 confusion, [NT+2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 684.7 (Dyme, 2nd c.BC), NT.Act.19.29.)]